Folding rocking-chair.



G. W. STOMBAUGH.

FOLDING ROCKING CHAIR. nrmcnrox rmzn rev. 20. 1901.

PATENTED JUNE 9, 190a,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. STOMBAUGH, OF CAMBRIDGE CITY, INDIANA.

FOLDING ROCKING-CHAIR.

Application filed November 20, 1907.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STOM- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cambridge City, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a full and accurate specification of the invention and manner of its operation.

The object of this my present invention is to provide a folding rocking chair which will be neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable in construction, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

A more particular object is to provide a rocking chair which will be light in weight and easily operated, and which can be folded into a comparatively small compass of space.

Other minor and particular advantages of my invention will be brought out in the accompanying specification, and the preferred construction is shown most clearly in the accompanying two sheets of drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my chair as extended or in operative position. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of my chair closed. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the chair. Fig. 4 is a detail elevationshowing the manner of hinging the seat braces to the main standards. Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the manner of eccentrically mounting the lower ends of the standards to the rockers. And Fig. 6 is a detail cross section showing the manner of pivoting the arms or front standards to the main standards.

Similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

I will now take up a detail exposition of my invention and describe the construction and operation thereof as briefly and as compactly as I may.

It is apparent that the two sides of the chair are identical with each' other, consequently a description of an element on one side will carry with it the understanding that a corresponding part on the other side is the same in every essential particular.

Referring now to the drawings, in concrete detail,the characters A and A denote the two main standards. The upper portions of said standards are rigidly connected by Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Serial No. 402,973.

the full veneer-back 1, the side edges of said back being secured in channels therefor formed longitudinally in the inner faces of the standards. The lower portions of said standards are rigidly connected by the rungs 2 and 3.

The numeral 4 denotes the chair-seat, which is made full veneer and formed in a compound curve, substantially as shown. Secured across the underside of the rear edge of the seat is a bar 5 by which the rear edge of the seat ispivotedly mounted between the standards AA, to operate as indicated.

The characters B and B designate the seat-braces, which have their lower rear ends pivoted to the respective standards A and A by the hinges C and C, as shown in Fig. 4. The upper forward ends of said braces BB are rigidly connected by the rung 6, on which the forward portion of the seat may normally rest. The rung 6 should be covered with a rubber tube 9, or a plurality of cushion rings disposed therearound, to provide a resilient rest for the seat, and to reduce the noise to a minimum when the seat is dropped into position.

Characters D and D denote the rockers, which are spaced apart, same distance as are the standards, and are rigidly connected together by the rungs 7 and 8, substantially as indicated. The forward ends of the rockers are pivotedly connected to the lower ends of the arm-standards E and E, which latter extend from thence upward and rearward, with their rear ends pivotedly connected to the respective standards A and A, each by abolt, as for instance, the bolt F shown in Fig. 6. The heads of said bolts being located in the channels, referred to, formed in the standards, and are, consequently, hidden by the back 1.

The lower ends of the standards A and A are adapted to rest on the upper edge of the respective rockers D and D as shown in Fig. 1. Extending down into the rockers DD from'the center of the upper edges and longitudinally thereof, and extending forward from the rear of the standards A and A, are slots, as for instance, the slot G shown in Fig. 5. Also extending upward centrally from the lower end of the standards A and A is a slot, which registers with the respective slots in the rockers. Said slots in the standards be ing substantially as that indicated, for instance, by the slot H shown in Fig. 5.

The characters I and I denote the L-' shaped links, being located and movable substantially as indicated. The link I being pivoted in the slots G and H and likewise the link I being pivoted in the corresponding slots in the members D and A. The upper extending ends of the links I and I are mounted on the pivots J and J, respectively; while the forwardly extending ends of the links I and I are mounted on the pivots K and K, respectively. By the above it is manifestly evident that the relations of the standards AA to the rockers DD may be changed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Connecting, pivotedly, the central portions of the braces B and B with the armstandards E and E, respectively, are the links L and L, by which the forward portions of the seat-braces B and B are supported at the desired elevation.

From the above it will be evident that when the invention is opened out as in Fig. 1 it forms a substantial rocking-chair which is not particularly distinguishable from an ordinary rocking-chair, but by reason of its construction having this distinguishing feature: The seat 4 may be turned back sub stantially parallel with the face of the back; the lower end of the standards AA may be pressed forward, carried by the links II-; allowing the rockers to be turned up substantially parallel with rear side of the back; and allowing the other members of the chair to assume the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby folding the chair into a compact space, easy to be carried in the hand or packed for ship ment.

I desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction from that herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of this invention or Without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, and the best means for its construction and arrangement to me known at this time, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A folding rocking-chair comprising a pair of main standards, a back connecting the standards, a seat pivoted at its rear between the standards, a pair of rockers, a pair of supports hinged to the standards, a rung connecting said supports and upon which the seat rests at its forward portion, cushion means encircling said rung, each said rocker being provided with a longitudinal slot, each said standard having a vertical slot at its lower end, and L-shaped links connecting the lower ends of the standards with the rockers, one end of each of said links being pivoted in the slot in the standard and the other end pivoted in the slot in the rocker.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEQRGE W. STOMBAUGH. Witnesses:

R. E. RANDLE, ROBERT W. RANDLE. 

